OTTAWA – Videotron founder André Chagnon and one of the engineers who helped wire much of Canada with co-axial cable, Israel (Sruki) Switzer, are two of the five members…
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MONTREAL – Bell TV has become the first television provider in the country to offer 100 high definition channels.
"Reaching 100 HD channels is a significant milestone that both enhances…
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MONTREAL – Losses in its television sector helped cut TVA’s year-over-year net income nearly in half for its third quarter ended September 30, 2009.
Net income was $6.4 million, down from…
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DENVER, CO – Nearly 9,000 cable telecommunications professionals attended the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2009 last week in Denver.
The 2009 attendance figure is down by 18% from the record attendance…
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TORONTO – VisionTV has teamed with Toronto-based social media platform company Filemobile on an enhanced version of its video on demand service.
Using a broadband video player to showcase hundreds…
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MONTREAL – Astral Media Radio has inked an exclusive, multi-year agreement with Aeroplan to reward their direct radio and web clients with Aeroplan Miles when they purchase airtime and…
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MONTREAL – Bell will launch its new HSPA wireless network on November 4, a day earlier than it first announced.
In an address to The Canadian Club in Montréal on…
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OTTAWA – The Liberal party is calling on the federal government to help increase cell phone and Internet competition in Canada.
“We have a real competition problem in this country…
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HALIFAX – Canada’s communications regulatory regime is in desperate need of repair, says a report by The Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS).
In the recently released ‘In The End…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications has closed its acquisition of Mountain Cablevision from the Boris Family who has owned Mountain Cablevision for the past 50 years.
The transaction was subject…
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